Thermally stable flame retardant reflective and retroreflective trim

Abstract

A new trim material is disclosed comprising a fire resistant fabric having a weight of at least about 85 g/m.sup.2 and characterized by: (A) A fluorescent coating; (B) a flexible, drapable, stretchable, retroreflective sheeting covering a portion of the fluorescent coating of part (A); (C) the combined thickness of the fluorescent coating and any flammable part of the retroreflective sheeting being about 5 to 60% of the thickness of the fire resistant fabric. This trim material is useful for such articles such as firemen's coats in that it meets most of the same requirements for flame retardance as are applied to the outer shell material itself. Specifically, it retains its reflectivity in a laboratory oven test at 260.degree. C. for five minutes and retains the color of the fluorescent portion at 204.degree. C. in a laboratory oven for five minutes. The fabric properties of strength, fire retardancy, and resistance to heat are preserved in the composite trim material.

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